Just over the hill, a successional tulip tree - cherry - red maple forest extends to reservior, has heavy dewberry, fern, and lycopod ground cover and abrupt edge on ridgeline.;South slope on low hilltop, probably on shale lithology. There are few to no surficial rocks and soil has a thick, near complete duff mat. Forest is dominated by medium - large mixed oaks and red maple. Blueberry dominates the sparse short shrub layer and herbs are sparse. There is a large stump just above the plot = stand is maturing 2nd growth. There is abundant damage to subcanopy trees from " Derecho."
Representativeness
Natural matrix / large patch oak forest on warm positions - moist oak / heath or dry-mesic oak? Successional ecotone.
